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v @einen tetes @strut @ffies HENRY HoLToN VERE, 0E` NEW YORK, N. Y.,'.-issIGNoR 'ro JOHN E. FISHLEK'OF THE SAME PLACE. 'Leffe-'a Parma No..67,322, dazed August 13, r1867.

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Be it known that I, HENRY H. of the city, county, 'and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sming-Mattressesgand I do vhereby declare that the followingis a. full, clear, and haditothe accompanying drawings, in which-f 1 Figure 1 is a plan or ,top viewof myrimproved mattress partly in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

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The object of this iriv'ention is to so arrange und hold spiral springsin mattresses that the durability oi the `.nettare-ss vigili' liseincreased, and to, do :may with thewooden frames neig-'generan nseil inspring-mattresses, that the mattiess'-ulay be easily handled, and may bereversed and worn on both sides. -By the useoi` this invention cmattress, hed, or cnshion is made iicxible,so that it maybe folded orrolled and moved with ense. Both ends of the spiral springs aremadeavailable by connecting the same with n. frame of watclx-sprng steel,which is arrangd'oh enchside of themattress. This frame acts ns aniadditional spring to the bed. Y

A represents a series of so-called sofa-springs, which 'are'arrnngcdwith regnlnrityin the mattress. Steel springs BB Vnre arrangedabove land below the springs A, and cross each other at right angles, asshown, in such n manner that above the centre of each spiral spring Atwo such springs B cross eachother, which is clearly shown in fig. 1.lThe ends of the springs A are'tied by means of cords orotherwise to thesprings B above-and below, and thus one soviid web of springs is formedwithin the mattress, whereby great elasticity and lightness sre'secured.`'.lhe `edges or borders of the mattress are also formed oi' watch-steelsprings C C, instead of being exact description thereof, which willenebleothers"skilledin4 the art to ineke and use the same,- referencebeing made of wood, wire, or cane, :is in the ordinary spring-bedbottornsand mattresses. The ends oii tho springs B are continued sn'thatthey meet the springs C, und are secured to'the same in nnv suitablemanner. Thefour corners on each side of the mattress may be connectedand the wholel iframe strengthened by the use of diagonal springsa a, asshown in fig..1. The springs, when thusA connected, may be coveredwithfalayer, D, of hair, or other suitable material, on one side1 andwith a layer orrlayersot feathers, E, or other suiteble material, ontheother side, vand the whole is then enclosed in linen or other suitablecovering', F. A soft and elastic mattress is thus formed, which issuperior to those Iattressesor beds which are formado? feathers only. Itycan be made of any snitable size, which depends upon the nurnber andsize of the spira-l'spiings employed.

Having thus described my inventiomrI-clnim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent-'- A spring-mattress, composed of the spiral l springsA, fiacsteel spring top and bottom B, andat steel `spring frame C, andsuitable covering, all made and operating:r substantially as hereinshown and described.

HENRY HOLTON vERE. Witnesses WM. AMARE ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

